The Home Window Garden 



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fantastic ways ; the pink had a tendency to bloom in the bulb, and the yellow 

 kept its leaves in a pretty circle around it, reminding one of a canary in its 

 cage. Wehadone 

 peculiar red one which 

 was bought for pink. It 

 bloomed a good deal like 

 the yellow, only it sent 

 the flowers well above 

 the leaves. The grape 

 hyacinths are hke doll- 

 flowers, with their tiny 

 blue bells edged with 

 white. 



Cyclamen ? Well, 

 cyclamen is a perfect 

 wonder ! Last year we 

 had one bulb which pro- 

 duced for us only four 

 blossoms, and as the 

 baby picked two in 

 their infancy our yield 

 was net great. In the 

 spring it was placed 

 by accident among the 

 empty pots on the north 

 side of the house. In 

 August we found it with 

 four new leaves pushing 

 up. It was repotted and 

 placed where the rain 

 could reach it, and left 

 alone until brought in 

 the house. It started to 

 bloom in Januar}^ and 



produced fifty-four elegant blossoms (see page 180). Then there were 

 three little cyclamens besides. One of these had four leaves and twenty- 

 five blossoms. We thought it paid ! One bulb lost all its flower-buds 



A novel way of growing wild flowers in the home window 



